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Gilts are profiting from safe-haven flows, said Robert Stheeman, chief executive of the UK Debt Management Office (DMO), which, this week, sold its first syndicated note of the 2019/20 funding year — a 6.5 times subscribed issue.

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) brought the world’s first benchmark green corporate sukuk to market last week. Chief executive Alain Bejjani said the format had helped the leads price the deal tighter and that they would return to the green market.

Germany’s Stadtwerke München has amended its €500m revolving credit facility to add a sustainability element, as the nascent loan structure starts making further inroads with the country's borrowers.

A trio of French companies moved ahead with Schuldschein deals this week, and bankers expect the coming weeks to be packed with borrowers seeking to raise funds before the summer.

The latest chapter in the US-China trade war resulted in some serious market turmoil this month. But Hong Kong seems to have avoided the worst of the volatility: the city’s stock exchange approved four applications and each issuer has hit the road. Will investors bite? Gina Lee and Jonathan Breen report.

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has made a quick offshore loan comeback, aiming to raise $300m.

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand played to investors’ need for diversity on Wednesday, marketing a $300m-capped transaction at a very tight rate.

Nordic Investment Bank funding officials considered printing its $1bn bond this week inside its curve before deciding against the ruse in order to support secondary trading, with Japan Bank of International Co-operation next in line to test the vast demand for five year dollar bonds.

China’s State Development and Investment Corp (SDIC) launched a $1bn transaction on Tuesday, split between a green bond and a conventional bond. Investors shook off trade war worries to swarm both portions of the deal with orders.

The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) started its 2019/20 funding year with a bang on Tuesday, selling a six and a half times subscribed issue.

The Nordic Investment Bank’s $1bn no-grow five year passed easily through the market on Tuesday. Syndicate bankers away from the trade said the market is so receptive that any top tier dollar trade at that maturity is going to succeed.

France’s Vilmorin & Cie has launched a €150m multi-tenor Schuldschein, as French corporate appetite for the traditionally German private debt market shows little sign of abating.